Risk in Probation Practice Book

	Acknowledgements
	List of abbreviations
	An Introduction	1
Pt. 1	Methodology and Context	9
1	Researching Risk in Probation Practice: Methodology	11
2	What is Risk?	35
3	Social Theories of Risk: Implications for the Probation Service	63
4	The Changing Nature of Probation: The Origins of Risk	87
Pt. 2	Risk Differences	109
5	Vignettes on Risk: Values and Knowledge in Risk Assessment	111
6	Risk and Practice Wisdom: The State of the Art	145
7	Developing Critical Awareness of Decision Making	173
8	Risk Decision Making in the Field: An Explanatory Model	197
Pt. 3	Reconciling Risk Differences: Optimum Risk Management Systems	217
9	Approaches to Risk Management	219
10	The Precautionary Principle and Insurance Systems for Offender Risk	243
11	Risk and Social Regulation	281
App. 1	Vignettes of risk	297
App. 2	Risk Interview Schedule	303
App. 3	Improving risk decisions: using critical path analysis	307
App. 4	Identification and management of risk and dangerousness - Training for Senior Probation Officers	309
	Bibliography	313
	Index	349